Here is a link to an old photo of the Sarver Cabin Homestead on Sinking Creek Mountain in Virginia:
http://spec.lib.vt.edu/imagebase/palmer/full/ep232.jpeg
Captain Blue
Here is a link to an old photo of the Sarver Cabin Homestead on Sinking Creek Mountain in Virginia:
http://spec.lib.vt.edu/imagebase/palmer/full/ep232.jpeg
Captain Blue
That sure is an old photo.
When I went through in '93 the small building in front was still standing, but was filled with beer cans and whisky bottles. The larger building had collapsed and the roof was laying on the ground. I camped to one side. The site had a wonderful cold spring.
Weary
Isn't Sinking Creek Mtn. the one that has regular piles of stone in a line? Does anyone know what they were built for?
If not NOW, then WHEN?
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Thanks Captain Blue,
I absolutely love historic old photos like this. Adds a great deal to my enjoyment of the outdoors, imagining the varied roles a particular area has played over time.
In 2001 I camped on the ridge above the cabin site. Had to see so I walked down to get water from the spring. Wasn't much left of the pictured buildings then.
The new shelter was being built at the time I stopped.
Grampie-N->2001
to answer the question about the piles of stone...they are the remains of stone fences....I live in the area and there are miles of these type of fences in the area
cool photo!
Gaiter
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If not NOW, then WHEN?
ME>GA 2006
http://www.trailjournals.com/entry.cfm?trailname=3277
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stonewalls everywhere in new england.. used mainly for property boundries and old house foundatins also i have seen alot of rock dams...peace
Any idea when that was taken?
i thought they were ovens of some sort
He who dies with the most toys, still dies.
If not NOW, then WHEN?
ME>GA 2006
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Also, as farmers tilled their fields, they would toss the stones out, and make a stone wall, even on their own land, just separating different fields.
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Hammock hangs are where you go into the woods to meet men you've only known on the internet so you can sit around a campfire to swap sewing tips and recipes. - sargevining on HF
I don't know when the photo was taken. Here is the link to the online information about the photo:
http://imagebase.lib.vt.edu/view_record.php?URN=ep232
Captain Blue
here is another one w/ that group, http://spec.lib.vt.edu/imagebase/palmer/full/ep231.jpeg
Gaiter
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I like old photos too, there must be many interesting stories about this old place over the years. I wonder why there are two fireplaces, so close together. Maybe one for cooking and one for heating? Seems unusual to me.
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three fire places, i've took pics down there last year, there were two chimney's on one side still standing and the hearth remains of the third which was opposite of the other two, i'm pretty sure its the same structure, http://homepage.mac.com/thickredhair...otoAlbum6.html
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